Sunflowe
Childminder in Westminster
Female Member since Jun 2009 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 14 Nov 2024
My Summary
About Me
I have 2 children, one is going to university and my daughter who is 18 years of age. I decided to change my career when I had my daughter and it has been very rewarding.
My Experience
I have been working as a childminder for 15 years now in my own home. I enjoy teaching children and seeing them develop into confident and enthusiastic children. I help them to use their own intuition by giving them space to explore their interests and to develop their imagination.
My Qualifications
1) I am OFSTED inspected every 3 years; and
2) carryout regular first aid training.
3) I have completed CACHE NVQ in child development (Level 3);
4) I completed Level 2 in Food Hygiene
5) I have completed Level 1 in Makaton (Sign Language)
6) Language and Speech training
7) All my policies are upto date.
8) I am a Network childminder
My Availability
I am available to work from 7.30 till 6.30
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 12/09/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £11.00 per hour
Fees will be discussed at the first visit.
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at St Matthew's School, Westminster
My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- Training Certificate: EYIF 2019 (added 17/01/2020)
- Training Certificate (added 17/01/2020)
- Exam Certificate: CACHE Level 3 in Childcare Development (added 17/01/2020)
- Training Certificate: ICO Rrgistered (added 17/01/2020)
- Training Certificate: The Prrvent Duty Level 2 (added 17/01/2020)
- Exam Certificate: Cache Level 3 (added 17/01/2020)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 17/01/2020)
- DBS Check (added 17/01/2020)
- First Aid Certificate: First aid (added 17/01/2020)
Reviews
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Our daughter, now 3 yrs old, has been with Josephine for 2 and 1/2 years. As parents, we have been deeply impressed in every aspect of childcare provided, and the professionalism of her services.
Following the early years curriculum Josephine has helped nurture creativity, individuality and self-confidence in our daughter, providing a rich and stimulating environment that has aided her development and progression to full time nursery school. In Josephine's care our daughter discovered a love of books, cooking, music, arts and crafts, as well as gardening. She learnt Spanish, and enjoyed her visits with Josephine to the local library, the Tate Britain, Vauxhall Farm and St James' Park.
It has been wonderful to see the special bond that has formed between Josephine and our daughter. We could not have asked for a better experience.
My son started when he was 5 months old and left at 22 months old (only because we had moved out of the area, otherwise we would have happily kept him there). The care given was exceptional!!!! This childminder offered a warm and loving environment with lots of things to do. My son regularly attended playgroups, went on trips to the museum, and even had a go at cutting wood during a day out (safety maintained at all times). During the summer my son happily enjoyed splashing around in the paddling pool. I was always kept up to date about my son's development and photos were sent to me at the end of the day showing a variety of activities my son had done that day. I could not recommend her enough, the outstanding ofsted rating is a complete reflection of the care given.
Josephine has taken care of my son for the past 4 months and I cannot rate her enough. This has been an amazing experience for us. Every evening when I would come to her place and pick him up he would be laughing, with toys in his hands. Every day Josephine is going out, to the library, the gardens, the music group etc. My son developed so well and is so happy, I am really sad we have to say good bye to Josephine and I simply cannot recommend her enough.
Josephine is a warm, caring and lovely childminder who my son adores. Being a first time mum I was extremely nervous about childcare of my 5 month old (now 13 months) but I was quickly reassured seeing how happy he was every day. She keeps a day to day diary to show you what he's learnt, development steps, activities etc They go to the farm, library and many playgroups where he's learnt to socialise well & draw. If i wasn't moving he would stay with her as long as possible. I can't recommend her highly enough, she's been amazing.
Looked after both my children - my son from 10 months until he started nursery aged 3 and my daughter from age 12 months to 2 years.
We have been very happy with the high quality childcare provided. Both our children have been extremely happy, settled really quickly and are very fond of their childminder. We have been very impressed with the variety of activities the children have done, from learning Spanish, to trips to the library, playgroups, playgrounds, St James' Park, and gardening as well as painting, crafts and baking at home. Our daughter particularly enjoyed a bag of resources sent home each week with toys, jigsaw puzzles and books.
I would very happily recommend this childminder to other parents.
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